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Planning Commission debates Met Council's Imagine 2025 density proposals and implications for Dayton
Summary
Commissioners discussed the Met Council's draft policy to raise density guidance (from 3 to 4 units per acre) and new staging and net-density calculations. The commission debated conservation easements, an IUP section to limit pre-development uses, the practicalities of banking density and how city code and market forces interact.
The Dayton Planning Commission spent a significant portion of its Oct. 3 meeting discussing the Metropolitan Council's Imagine 2025 draft policy statements, which staff summarized as proposing a higher net-density target for suburban-edge communities and new tools to manage undeveloped land.
City planning staff (John) explained the Met Council proposal would increase the residential-density guideline for Dayton from 3 units per acre to 4 units per acre (net density) and would require communities to reach the target within a 10-year cycle.…
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